RW-480 Printer/Scanner Reference PLOTBASE Trademarks ® ® ® ® Adobe , Acrobat , PostScript and PostScript 3TM are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. ® AutoCAD and DWF, DWG, DXF are registered trademarks of Autodesk Inc. ® LibCAD is based on AutoCAD OEM and may only be used in conjunction with RW480 PLOTBASE Apple, Macintosh, Mac and TrueType are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. 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The proper names of the Windows operating systems are as follows: ® ® Microsoft Windows 95 operating system ® ® Microsoft Windows 98 operating system ® ® Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition ® ® Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system Version 4.0 ® ® Microsoft Windows NT Workstation operating system Version 4.0 ® ® Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional ® ® Microsoft Windows 2000 Server ® ® Microsoft Windows XP Professional Note: "RW-480 PS" stands for "RW-480 Postscript Level 3 Compatible Option" CONTENTS Contents Preface................................................................................9 RW-480 PLOTBASE............................................................12 Guide to the manual.................................................................14 Conventions used in the manual................................................18 PART I - INSTALLATION ....................................................19 System requirements ........................................................20 Settings before installation ..............................................22 Setting up user accounts............................................................22 Activating Windows components................................................22 Activate SNMP service ..........................................................23 Activate FTP protocol............................................................23 Activate LPR service ..............................................................24 Setting the start type.............................................................24 Installation of the programs ............................................25 Installation Problems.................................................................27 Settings after installation .................................................29 Setting up the FTP default directory ............................................29 Settings for RW-480 WINPRINT .................................................29 Settings in Windows XP Explorer ................................................30 Settings for the Response function..............................................30 Settings for the DWF/DWG/DXF format ...........................31 Extend RW-480 licenses....................................................33 PART II - RW-480 PLOTBASE.............................................35 Start and quit program ....................................................36 Program window ..............................................................37 Program sequence............................................................38 Naming conventions .................................................................38 From the drawing to the job ......................................................40 Tools .................................................................................42 RW-480 PLOTBASE 3 CONTENTS Job toolbar...............................................................................42 Entry toolbar.............................................................................42 Viewer toolbar ..........................................................................43 Pause function ..........................................................................44 RW-480 PLOTBASE signal lights ................................................45 Status bar.................................................................................46 Context menu...........................................................................47 Configuration....................................................................48 Reader .....................................................................................48 RW-480PS and PDF (Options) ...................................................49 "General" tab.......................................................................49 "Fonts" tab ...........................................................................51 "Postscript Halftoning" tab.....................................................53 "PDF Halftoning" tab ............................................................56 CGM (Option) ..........................................................................57 Properties.................................................................................58 "Spool Configuration" tab .....................................................58 "Job Management" tab .........................................................64 "Exception Handling" tab ......................................................66 "Extended Settings" tab .........................................................69 "Engine Access Control" tab/User authentication ....................75 "Administration" tab .............................................................77 Change language ....................................................................79 Job History........................................................................81 Special job types.......................................................................81 Locked Print.........................................................................81 Sample print........................................................................81 Manual (bypass tray)............................................................83 An overview of the job characteristics.........................................84 Change job characteristics ........................................................86 Sort list.....................................................................................87 Carry out selection....................................................................89 Start selection ......................................................................89 Cancel selection ..................................................................91 Job information ........................................................................91 Status display ...................................................................92 Job editor..........................................................................93 "Job" settings area.....................................................................93 RW-480 PLOTBASE 4 CONTENTS "Job Specific" tab..................................................................93 "Job Additional" tab..............................................................97 "Default" settings area .............................................................100 "Default Specific" tab ..........................................................100 "Default Additional" tab ......................................................103 "Entry" settings area ................................................................104 Entry information ....................................................................105 Activate / deactivate entries .....................................................106 Add entries.............................................................................106 Adding using button...........................................................108 Add using the right-hand mouse button ..............................109 Add using Drag & Drop .....................................................109 Add entries several times.........................................................110 Delete entries .........................................................................110 File Viewer .............................................................................110 Stamp editor...........................................................................111 Make stamp ......................................................................111 Stamp Configurations ........................................................112 Edit or delete stamp ...........................................................112 "Settings" tab......................................................................113 "Data" tab..........................................................................115 Pen settings ............................................................................117 View the changes...............................................................118 HPGL and HPGL/2 pen settings ..........................................118 Calcomp pen settings.........................................................127 Print job ..........................................................................134 Set plot mode .........................................................................134 Automatic plot mode..........................................................134 Manual plot mode .............................................................135 Interrupt plotting.....................................................................136 Delete job ..............................................................................137 Reload plotter.........................................................................138 Error messages.......................................................................138 Restart "problem" jobs .............................................................142 PART III - RW-480 SCANTOOL ........................................143 Introduction ....................................................................144 Operating modes ...................................................................144 RW-480 PLOTBASE 5 CONTENTS Start and quit program ..................................................146 Program window ............................................................147 Default values.................................................................148 Options..................................................................................148 "Format" tab ......................................................................148 "General" tab.....................................................................152 Change language ..................................................................159 Tools ...............................................................................160 Toolbar ..................................................................................160 View bar ................................................................................160 Control bar ............................................................................162 Status bar...............................................................................162 Key combinations ...........................................................163 Main screen ...........................................................................163 Drawing editor .......................................................................164 File management ...........................................................165 Load drawings........................................................................165 File Viewer.........................................................................166 File information .................................................................166 Save drawings ........................................................................166 Archive Management .....................................................168 Specifying Presets ...................................... ...